Collated work sheet



Patented July 1, 1924.

rrr sT JOHN A. WHERRY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

COLLATED WORK SHEET.

Application led August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,869.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN A. WHERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the cityl of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, 6 State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collated Work Sheets; and 'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en- 10 able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to collated work sheets and has for its object to provide a (zo-ordination of main work sheet, such as a ledger work sheet, and a secondary work sheet, such as a statement, which latter is made with a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal align ment, and preferably in continuous bandlike form extending around the main work sheet, associated with fa transfer sheet for v transcribing the record applied to the supplementary work sheet to the main work sheet, the transfer sheet including a transfer section, which may be made of carbon paper or the like, and a` transparent section in longitudinal alignment therewith, said transfer sheet also preferably being made in the form of a continuous band extending around so the main sheet, the several sheets being so associated that the supplementary work sheet and the transfer sheet may be shifted or adjusted with respect to the main work sheet; whereby any given line on the supplementary sheet to receive the record may be brought .into registry with any desired line on the main work sheet, the transparent sections of the supplementary and transfer sheets rendering the record on the main work 40 sheet visible above the top edge of the supplementary sheet.

The invention is. illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, 'in which,-

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the collated sheets in proper .assembled relation;

Fi 2 is a sectional elevation of the assemb ed sheets. A

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the mainrecord sheet, which, for the urpose of illustration, is an ordinary le ger i sheet in the form of a card or leaf such as is employed in a loose leaf book, said sheet being provided with the usual space for merals 2 and 3, of a width substantially I* e ual to that of the supplementary sheet.

ear one marginal side edge of the sheet 1 there is provided a series of consecutively numbered spaces 5 corresponding to the line spaces of a typewriting machine by means of which the data to be recorded is applied to the assembled sheets.

The supplementary sheet comprises a record receiving section 10, which as illustrated represents a statement or bill, assoiciated with a transparent section 13, the two sections being in longitudinal alignment and preferably forming a continuous band adapted to extend longitudinally around the main sheet 1, and engage the notch or notches 2 and 3 formed in the transverse edge or edges thereof.' The record receiving section 10 may be provided with the usual heading space and the column indicia 11, and near one lateral edge a column 12 with consecutive numbers corresponding to the numeral column 5 of the main sheet. Preferably the section l() is perforated transversely adjacent the transparent section 13, so that, when the record has been completed on the section 10, the latter may be detached and removed from the -transparent section. Said transparent section may conveniently take the form of a thin sheet of celluloid or similar flexible transparent material, having its transverse' edges secured to the corresponding edges of the section 10 by a suitable adhesive, sothat the two sections, when properly united, constitute a exible band' which may be creased or folded transversely along any given lines to admit of the continuous band or belt-like element being slipped over thev main sheet and engaged with the notch or notches in the transverse edges thereof.

Associated with the main and supplementary sheets and interposed between the Same to transfer the record data inscribed on the supplementary sheet to the main sheet'-y is a transfer sheet, which may take the form The transfer sheet also is preferably formed as a continuous band or belt, including the' transfer section 14:, of carbon paper, of substantially the same size as the record section l() of the supplementary sheet, and a transparent section 15 of thin'celluloid or the like, which has its transverse edges cemented to the corresponding edges of the carbon sheet 14, one of the edges of the transparent sheet 15 being extended toform a flap 16 which may be folded along any desired transverse line so as to overlie the face of the carbon sheet 14 adjacent the back of the main sheet l, and prevent the impression of the record data being made on the back of the main sheet, simultaneously with the inscription of the record on the front face thereof. ln applying the supplementary and transfer sheets to the main sheet, the former are assembled so as to bring their transverse edges into registry, which will also cause the transparent sections of the supplementary and transfer sheets to register with each other and permit any of the record on the main` sheet above the top marginal edges of the supplementary and transfer sheets to be plainly visible through the transparent section aforesaid.

From an inspection of the drawings, 1t will be apparent that the supplementary and transfer sheets may be applied in any desired relation and adjustment with respect to the main sheet. For example, if the main sheet contains record data including 23 of the numbered spaces as indicated in column 5, the supplementary and transfer sheets, which have been properly assembled, are slipped over the main sheet and adjusted longitudinally of the latter until the first line of the supplementary sheet to receive the record, to wit, line No. 2 in column 12, is in registery with line 24 in column 5 of. the main sheet. The assembled and collated sheets are then inserted in the typewriter and the printing of the record pfoceeded with in regular order. After the record to be applied to the supplementary sheet, say, for exam le, business transactions covering a perio of a month, has been completed, the supplementary sheet may be removed, either by tearing along the transu verse lines of perforations therein, or b slipping the supplementary sheet 0E of the main sheet. may be left in position on the main sheet, in which case, when a new supplementary sheet is applied, the transfer sheet will have to be adjusted to bring its respective sections into proper registry with those of the new supplementary sheet.

It will be noted that the extension or Hap-like portion 16 of the transparent section 15 of the transfer sheet maybe folded along a transverse line soas to cover any desired portion of the sensitized surface of If desired, the transfer sheetv insiemi the transfer section 1d which lies adjacent the back of the main sheet 1, and thereby prevent the printing of any portion of the record in reverse order on the back of the main sheet. I

What l claim is:

l. The combination of a main work sheet, and a supplementary work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal, alignment, the two sections enclosing the main work sheet and adjustable longitudinally thereof.

2. rlFhe combination of a main work sheet and supplementary work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section, the two sections forming a continuous band surrounding the mai-n sheet and adjustable longitudinally thereof.

3. The combination` vof a main work sheet having a notch in a transverse edge thereof, and a supplementary work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section, the two sections forming a continuous band engaging the notch in the main sheet, surrounding the main sheet and adjustable longitudinally thereof,

4c. The combination of a main work sheet, and a continuous supplementary work sheet extending around the main sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinalalignment.

5. rlhe combination of a main work sheet having a notch in a transverse edge thereof and a continuous supplementary sheet extending around the main sheet and engaging the notch therein, said supplementary sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment.

6. 'llhe combination of a main work sheet,

a continuous supplementary sheet extendingaround the main sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment, and a transfer sheet interposed between the main and supplementary sheets.

7. The combination-of a main work sheet, a continuous supplementary sheet extending around the main sheet comprising a record s receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment, and a transfer a supplementary work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment, and a transfer sheet including a transfer section and a transparent section in longitudinal Aalignment interposed between said main and supplementary sheets.

l0. The combination of a main Work sheet, a supplementary Work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment, and a transfer sheet including a transfer section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment interposed between said main and supplementary sheets, the transparent section having a foldable Hap adapted to overlie a predetermined portion of the transfer section.

11. A work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment forming a continnous band,

l2. The combination of a Work sheet comprising a record receiving section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment forming a continuous band, and a transfer sheet including a transfer section, and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment forming a continuous band disposed within the Work sheet.

13. A transfer sheet comprising a transfer section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment.

14. A transfer sheet comprising a transfer section and a transparent section in longitudinal alignment forming a continuous band.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN A. WHERRY. 

